Press Release Article

TRAVEL ADVISORY - AIRTRAIN JFK OVERNIGHT SERVICE SUSPENSION PLANNED

Date: Jul 14, 2011Press Release Number: 42-2011

Due to expansion work on the Delta Terminal at JFK, Air Train’s JFK Howard Beach service, including the Lefferts Boulevard Station and all service into the Central Terminal Area, will be suspended overnight from 9 p.m. to 7 a.m. from July 18 through August 19.

During these times, AirTrain JFK will operate service from Jamaica Station to Federal Circle. A shuttle bus will be provided at Howard Beach, Lefferts Boulevard, Federal Circle, and at all Airline Terminals for travelers. Passengers wishing to travel to the terminals, rental car pick-up and long-term parking lots will need to take the free shuttle bus service.

The construction is weather dependant and may be cancelled in the event of inclement weather.

CONTACT:

The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey

Hunter Pendarvis, 212 435-7777

The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, which is self-sufficient and does not receive tax dollars from either state, operates many of the busiest and most important transportation links in the region. They include John F. Kennedy International, Newark Liberty International, LaGuardia, Stewart International and Teterboro airports; AirTrain JFK and AirTrain Newark; the George Washington Bridge and Bus Station; the Lincoln and Holland tunnels; the three bridges between Staten Island and New Jersey; the PATH (Port Authority Trans-Hudson) rapid-transit system; Port Newark; the Elizabeth-Port Authority Marine Terminal; the Howland Hook Marine Terminal on Staten Island; the Brooklyn Piers/Red Hook Container Terminal; the Port Authority-Port Jersey Marine Terminal and the Port Authority Bus Terminal in midtown Manhattan. The agency also owns the 16-acre World Trade Center site in Lower Manhattan.